10 February 2013 11:09 AM

Book of the week: Top 10 World

Can you guess the ninth best sight in Wales? It's actually the view that I had from my bedroom window for ten years when I was growing up - that of Tintern Abbey. Only the ninth best? Wordsworth (who wrote a poem about the Abbey) and I would have put it at number one, instead of St David's.

The verdicts on all the best places in the world are contained in Top 10 World (DK, £25) which claims to 'showcase the top ten of everything about the globe in one showstopping compendium'.
Perhaps it's a man thing, but I absolutely adore lists about anything - and this guide is a real treat (apart from the verdict on Tintern Abbey).

According to the authors, the best view in Venice is of the Grand Canal. You have to see the Canal, of course, but for my money, Santa Maria dei Miracoli beats them all. Strangely, my tip doesn't even make it into the Venice section's list.
Never mind: why not go to the city and decide for yourself?

To order your copy at £18 with free p&p, call the Mail Book Shop on 0844 472 4157 or go to mailbookshop.co.uk.

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